Catalina Shadows Homes for Sale — Oro Valley, AZ

Key facts

Jurisdiction

Oro Valley, Arizona — incorporated town, Pima County

Average sale price

$479,000

Price range

$300K – $550K

School district

Amphitheater USD (Painted Sky Elementary, Coronado K-8, Ironwood Ridge High)

Approximate population

~1,100

Approximate number of homes

~500 homes

What defines this area

• Detached houses built from 1993 to 2004 at a $460,000 median
• Three Pima County plats recorded from 1987 to 1994
• Big Wash running through the eastern side
• Streets named for stars, moons and constellations
• All 61 closings in three years were detached houses
• Houses of 2,000 sq ft or more at a $525,000 median
• 13 of 61 closed over asking; 18 took a price reduction
• PAD zoning on all 460 county parcels, under one planned area development
• Annexed into the Town of Oro Valley in 1994
• A recorded homeowners association holding 20.7 acres of common ground
• FEMA Zone AE along the Big Wash corridor, Zone X elsewhere
• Big Wash River Park just outside the boundary
• Catalina State Park and the Cañada del Oro River Park within about half a mile
• Painted Sky Elementary, Coronado K-8 and Ironwood Ridge High attendance areas throughout
• ZIP code 85737

About Catalina Shadows

Catalina Shadows is a neighborhood of detached houses on the east side of the Town of Oro Valley, about 169 acres north of Palisades Road and west of Oracle Road, laid out in three Pima County subdivision plats recorded between 1987 and 1994 and annexed into Oro Valley in 1994. Its 61 Residential closings over the three years to October 2026 were all detached houses, built between 1993 and 2004 to a median year of 1995, and they closed between $257,000 and $750,000 around a median of $460,000 and an average of about $479,000; 59 of the 61 closed between $370,000 and $750,000. Because the houses were built within a few years of one another, size is what separates the prices: the 22 houses of 2,000 square feet or more closed at a $525,000 median and $234 a square foot, and the 39 smaller ones at $440,000 and $250 a square foot, so a larger house here costs more in total and less per foot. The median house took 12.5 days to go under contract and closed at 98% of its list price; 13 of the 61 closed over asking and 18 took a price reduction. The whole neighborhood is one Town of Oro Valley planned area development, zoned PAD on every one of its 460 county parcels, and its streets carry astronomical names — Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Ganymede, Triton, Pole Star. Big Wash, a regional wash carrying more than 10,000 cubic feet per second in the county's mapping, runs through the eastern side under a 250-foot setback, and the FEMA flood map puts that corridor in Zone AE while the rest of the ground is Zone X. The parcels whose centres fall in Zone AE are held by the Town of Oro Valley and the county flood control district rather than by homeowners, and a recorded homeowners association holds another 20.7 acres of common ground, but a flood zone follows the ground and not the parcel line, so check the specific lot against the flood map before an offer. Big Wash River Park, a Town of Oro Valley park, lies just outside the boundary, the Cañada del Oro River Park and Catalina State Park are each within about half a mile, and Oracle Road is about a third of a mile east. Every address is in ZIP 85737 with a Tucson mailing city, though the ground is inside Oro Valley town limits. Schools are Amphitheater Unified throughout: Painted Sky Elementary, Coronado K-8 and Ironwood Ridge High.

Catalina Shadows is a suburban neighborhood in the Town of Oro Valley, on the northwest side of the Tucson area, Arizona, served by Amphitheater USD (Painted Sky Elementary, Coronado K-8, Ironwood Ridge High). Homes trade in the $300K – $550K range, with an average sale price of $479,000 across roughly 500 homes and a population of about 1,100. Kyle Berglund, REALTOR® at Tierra Antigua Realty, represents buyers and sellers here — call (520) 250-8904.

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